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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/AnnSheridan, mostly known for playing working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/AnnSheridan, mostly known for playing her working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/AnnSheridan, known for playing working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/AnnSheridan, mostly known for playing working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.
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* ActingForTwo: The roles of Professor Metz, Beverly Carlton, and Banjo are all traditionally played by the same actor, since they each only appear in acts one, two, and three respectively.

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* ActingForTwo: The roles of Professor Metz, Beverly Carlton, and Banjo are all traditionally played by the same actor, actor on stage, since they each only appear in acts one, two, and three respectively.



* BillingDisplacement: The film bills Creator/BetteDavis and Ann Sheridan ahead of Monty Woolley.
* PlayingAgainstType: Ann Sheridan, known for playing working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bette Davis convinced Creator/WarnerBros to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for Creator/JohnBarrymore, but his alcoholism left him too ill to appear.

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* BillingDisplacement: The film bills Creator/BetteDavis and Ann Sheridan Creator/AnnSheridan ahead of Monty Woolley.
* PlayingAgainstType: Ann Sheridan, Creator/AnnSheridan, known for playing working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bette Davis Creator/BetteDavis convinced Creator/WarnerBros to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for Creator/JohnBarrymore, but his alcoholism left him too ill to appear.
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* ActorAllusion: Whiteside's friend Banjo refers to Lorraine as "the oomph girl". In RealLife, the curvaceous Ann Sheridan was in fact called "the oomph girl", a nickname she hated.

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* ActorAllusion: Whiteside's friend Banjo refers to Lorraine as "the oomph girl". In RealLife, the curvaceous Ann Sheridan Creator/AnnSheridan was in fact called "the oomph girl", a nickname she hated.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BetteDavis convinced Warner Brothers to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for John Barrymore, but his alcoholism had left him too ill.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BetteDavis Bette Davis convinced Warner Brothers Creator/WarnerBros to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for John Barrymore, Creator/JohnBarrymore, but his alcoholism had left him too ill.ill to appear.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Ann Sheridan, known for playing working-class roles, playing the vain, glamorous Lorraine Sheldon.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BetteDavis convinced Warner Brothers to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for John Barrymore, but his alcoholism had left him too ill.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BetteDavis convinced Warner Brothers to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for John Barrymore, but his alcoholism had left him too ill.ill.
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* BillingDisplacement: The film bills Creator/BetteDavis and Ann Sheridan ahead of Monty Woolley.

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* BillingDisplacement: The film bills Creator/BetteDavis and Ann Sheridan ahead of Monty Woolley.Woolley.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BetteDavis convinced Warner Brothers to buy the film rights to the play as a vehicle for John Barrymore, but his alcoholism had left him too ill.
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* ActingForTwo: The roles of Professor Metz, Beverly Carlton, and Banjo are all traditionally played by the same actor, since they each only appear in acts one, two, and three respectively.
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* BillingDisplacement: The film bills Creator/BetteDavis and Ann Sheridan ahead of Monty Woolley.
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* ActorAllusion: Whiteside's friend Banjo refers to Lorraine as "the oomph girl". In RealLife, the curvaceous Ann Sheridan was in fact called "the oomph girl", a nickname she hated.

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